Authenticity is What You Already Are

by Louise Storey
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Someone asks how they can be more authentic. It's a great question, with great intent, but perhaps it’s more helpful to explore how authenticity isn't something you "get"—it's what you already are.

Strip away the shoulds, coulds, blaming, shaming, and complaining. Who would you be?

This is an inner journey to find your authenticity without conditioning. It uncovers a wealth of surprises, and we realize we didn't truly know ourselves after all these years. We often push through, deny, or divert from our intuition, and natural movement.

This is where the powerful combination of Somatic Enquiry and Transformational Coaching creates profound change. While transformational coaching is great at helping unearth and rewrite the limiting beliefs and stories in the mind, somatic enquiry provides the other critical key: access to the innate wisdom of the body.

Somatic Coaching is a beautiful way to discover those surprises for yourself. It connects you to the intuition everyone wants but often don't know how to hear. Your body is communicating with you all the time. By combining somatic practices with transformational frameworks, we don't just intellectually understand our patterns—we somatically release them and embody new, authentic ways of being.

This integrated work is an opportunity to build a new relationship with your true self. You must put your own gas mask on first. Only then can you truly 'be' authentic and serve others with integrity.